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Water relations of lysimeter-grown peach trees are sensitive to deficit irrigation

Year: 1999

Type: article

Abstract: To compare peach tree water use with soil and plant water status measurements, two trees in a large weighing lysimeter were deficit irrigated with insufficient amounts of water for 3 weeks. Transpiration decreased soon after the deficit irrigation began and evaporation from the soil became relatively more important. Due to shallow, sparse rooting, high-frequency drip irrigation and high evaporative demand, allowable depletion in the wetted soil zone of the lysimeter was only 15% to 20% of available soil water. This indicates the small margin for error in managing irrigation of trees in this situation.

Source: California Agriculture

DOI: 10.3733/ca.v053n04p17

Authors: Merce Mata, Joan Girona, David Goldhamer, Elias Fereres, Moshe Cohen, Scott Johnson

Institutions: Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible, University of Córdoba, Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center

Language: English

Topic: Irrigation Practices and Water Management

Subfield: Soil Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDGs: Zero hunger, Life on land

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2000637612

FWCI: 0.723

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